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Monte-Carlo - The IAAF is pleased to announce that the analyses of the urine samples collected during the 13th edition of the IAAF World Championships, Daegu 2011 as part of the biggest ever athletics anti-doping programme, are now completed.

A total of 468 urine samples were collected as part of the IAAF’s standard World Championships testing programme, 41 samples out-of-competition and 427 samples in-competition. The testing programme was implemented in full co-operation with the LOC and the Korean Anti-Doping Agency (KADA), with the samples being analysed by the WADA-accredited laboratory in Seoul.

From the standard urine testing conducted, the IAAF can confirm that two athletes returned adverse analytical findings for the prohibited stimulant, methylhexaneamine: Sara Moreira (POR) and Hee-Nam Lim (KOR). Both findings have been confirmed by B sample analysis and both athletes provisionally suspended pending the outcome of their respective disciplinary hearings, in accordance with IAAF Rules.

In addition to the standard urine tests conducted during the competition, blood samples were collected from 18 August in the Athletes’ village and focused predominantly on collecting blood samples for profiling purposes in connection with the Athlete Biological Passport. By the time the village closed on 4 September, a total of 1849 blood samples had been collected. The samples were analysed on-site in Daegu for a first haematological screening and have now been transferred to the WADA-accredited laboratory in Lausanne for further analyses which are still on-going, including, in specific cases, for EPO and Growth Hormone.

IAAF President Lamine Diack said: “I am delighted to report that the testing programme in Daegu was an unprecedented success in terms of the number of samples collected. We were committed in Daegu to launching the Athlete Biological Passport in Athletics and in this regard, in addition to our regular World Championships testing programme, we were successful in taking a blood sample from every accredited athlete in Daegu which was a remarkable achievement.”

“I am also really pleased that our efforts in Daegu to provide an educational forum for athletes via the anti-doping outreach programme proved to be extremely popular. We can now look forward to the Olympic Games in London and we will be continuing to work as hard as ever to prevent doping in our sport”, said President Diack.

Anti-Doping Education

The IAAF once again presented an Athlete Outreach Programme in Daegu aimed at informing and educating athletes on a wide range of anti-doping issues, on this occasion in co-operation with KADA and the Japanese Anti-Doping Agency. Hundreds of athletes and support personnel directly participated in what remains a hugely successful programme, while many others viewed the programme and collected information pamphlets during their visit to the stand in the Athletes’ village. In addition, 2,500 CDs of the new version of the interactive anti-doping educational tool, Real Winner, were handed out in Daegu.